Greeley-area Business Report for July 16

Brynne Gant has joined Otis, Bedingfield & Peters as a litigation associate.

She graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and earned her J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young. Before law school, Gant worked for a firm specializing in family and criminal law, along with real estate and business law. During law school, she interned for the Lehi City Attorney's Office and the Denver District Attorney's Office in the Family Violence Unit. She was runner-up in the school's trial competition and was the president of multiple clubs.

She comes to Otis, Bedingfield & Peters after a fellowship with the Jefferson County District Attorney's office-Appeals Division and after working more than three and a half years for the Weld District Attorney's Office, most recently as one of the special victims unit DAs. She has handled more than 40 jury trials, including everything from misdemeanor harassment to homicide.

Brad Erker will be next executive director for the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, and Colorado Wheat Research Foundation.

Erker comes to Colorado Wheat from Limagrain Cereal Seeds, where he worked for seven years as the company's product development manager. Having been raised on a dryland wheat farm in eastern Colorado, Erker brings a great deal of knowledge and passion of the wheat industry to the table for Colorado's wheat farmers.

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Erker will start in his new position Aug. 1.

Greeley sign company changes name

Signs Now Greeley, 2526 10th St., has a new name.

Re-named Image360 Greeley, the center and its longstanding owners, Pete and Cheryl Thomas, are offering a fresh approach to professional graphic solutions with enhanced customer service and a completely new look in the center, which now includes a conference room, according to a news release.

Image360 will provide the graphic solutions to regional businesses and organizations. With the transition to Image360, the Thomases hope to expand services to their customers.

Image360 is locally owned and operated and is a member of Alliance Franchise Brands franchise network, linking more than 600 locations in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom. For more information, contact Image360 Greeley at (970) 353-2233 or go to image360.com/greeleyco.

ARB Midstream to expand crude gathering system

Platte River Midstream, a subsidiary of ARB Midstream, has secured an agreement with one of the largest acreage holders and oil and gas producers in the DJ Basin to move crude oil through its Lucerne west facility.

The agreement promises crude production from a nine-township area in Berthoud, Windsor and Greeley and areas of Weld County, according to a news release.

Platte River's gathering system, which has a capacity of 157,000 barrels of oil per day and serves multiple producers, started service in mid-2016. The system gathers crude oil from the inner core of the DJ Basin, and delivers it to long haul pipelines for delivery into to downstream markets including direct access to the market center at Cushing, Okla. The system also includes storage tanks and truck stations to maximize shipping and delivery options, the release stated.

Platte River Midstream has added more than 100 miles of pipeline this year, the release stated.

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